tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post116170267702112376..comments2023-10-26T04:53:47.765-04:00Comments on Mutterings of a Mad Bookseller: Did you hear an odd cracking sound??Forrest Properhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-1161740898665971182006-10-24T21:48:00.000-04:002006-10-24T21:48:00.000-04:00God, Insurance companies, and politicians. Man, ai...God, Insurance companies, and politicians. Man, ain't America a great place to be?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-1161732153397030412006-10-24T19:22:00.000-04:002006-10-24T19:22:00.000-04:00Having a standard mature tree taken down costs abo...Having a standard mature tree taken down costs about $1000 around here. This one probably cost about $2500. On the other hand, if you figure your time and aggravation, not to mention a thousand or two for the deductible, it's still better to pay to take it down than to wait for it to hit something and then let insurance pay.<BR/><BR/>And yes, as one of Life's Sad Ironies, if the tree had come down and wiped out the carriage house the insurance would pay not only for the carriage house, but for removing the downed tree as well. But taking the tree down just *before* it falls is "mantainance" and not covered.<BR/><BR/>God obviously has a warped sense of humor.<BR/><BR/>But the 2000 and 2004 elections already proved that.Forrest Properhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962708844204376272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20267501.post-1161731659860328062006-10-24T19:14:00.000-04:002006-10-24T19:14:00.000-04:00I have a bunch of big old Cottonwood trees around ...I have a bunch of big old Cottonwood trees around my house. Each one of them is capable of taking out the house if they fall. <BR/><BR/>I heard those tree cutting down guys are expensive. You have to weigh the cost of having insurance fix the carriage house roof after the tree falls on it, or paying a tree cutting down place money to come and cut the tree down. Or, does insurance cover the cost of having the tree cut down?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325465720003721471noreply@blogger.com